School girls are coding computer games to help people

The therapy devices were developed using everyday materials. Photo: IJF - The initiative "Junge Forscher*innen" is starting a new project at grammar schools in the Stuttgart region. The workshops are run by students of the University of Stuttgart. [Picture: IJF] "How can you support people in their recovery using computer-aided physiotherapy?" This is the key question of the new project days "HelpIT", which are conducted for the first time in the Stuttgart region by the Initiative Junge Forscherinnen und Forscher ("Young Researchers Initiative", IJF). The initiative started with the Mädchengymnasium St. Agnes ("St. Agnes Grammar School for Girls"). There, girls of the eighth grade participated in the project days, which took place in December and January. "It's particularly important to us that there are many events and workshops offered in the STEM subjects," says Julian Pfab, who is a teacher at St. Agnes.